jpal

The "crass attitudes" mentioned by MJO are why I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to wean myself away from this forum, except when I have a specific practical question which I think may be…

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Considering the fact that the Gospel relates the institution of the Sacrament of Penance, it seems to me that "Divine Mercy Sunday" is a perfectly appropriate title, regardless of your opin…

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No.... 6:30-7:30 schola, 7:30-9 whole choir

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We make a complete schedule for the season in August and refer to it throughout the year. We begin rehearsing Triduum music at the beginning of Lent, and have two extra rehearsals during Holy Week, M…

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Regarding Prof. Mahrt's observation of unintentionally forming a diphthong as in [spiəritus]...in such a situation it may be possible to correct by pointing out the phenomenon to the singers, th…

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In response to Fr. Krisman's request:
Dicitur Gloria in excélsis. Dum cantatur hymnus, pulsantur campanae, eoque expleto, silent usque ad Glória in excélsis Vigiliae paschalis, nisi Episc…

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We have already been in a pretty good place in the past few years, given the current abilities of the choir. However I would say our two biggest improvements this year are that we are singing the Mis…

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Not sure why my links aren't working. Here are the parts, anyway!

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In no particular order, here is what keeps choir members coming back on time for me. I would say that I have vastly changed my approach for the better over the past year or so.

-I crea…

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Prelude
Puer natus chant
O Little Town (FOREST GREEN)
In The Bleak Midwinter (Darke)
Cantique de Noel
Guadete Christus est natus
Fantasia on Greensleeves (Va…

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I believe that Ave Regina Caelorum begins on Feb 3. At least, I looked into that question myself a few years ago and that was the conclusion I drew, though I do not remember exactly how.

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My parish is now paying for the decision (made in the 90's) to build a dead church -- lots of carpet, padded everything, way too many microphones needed. A choir simply cannot function as a choi…

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A score is not music, but paper and ink. Keyboard notation has gone from very sparse to very detailed over the centuries. For example, in the baroque period, they started writing out ornaments that p…

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Pedals exist for walking bass lines.

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Reverence is a laudable goal, but perhaps using music and decor would be preferable. The candles at Easter have a specific theological function inherent in the liturgy. There's nothing like that…

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We have a relatively larger suburban parish, with a choir of almost 20 for Midnight Mass. Our prelude begins at 11:30PM.

Puer natus chant (soloists on verses, choir/cong. on refrain)

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You mean, besides wearing a pink rose-colored tie?

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I would love to see JMO's input on this, considering the Vatican II Hymnal (explicitly a Mass hymnal) contains a combined FIVE settings of Pange Lingua Gloriosi in Latin or English.

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I was thinking of "Sheep Ducks May Safely Graze Sit."

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Quemadmodum desiderat
O Sacrum Convivium
Ave Maria

(Disclaimer: I do not have any information on these regarding copyright. You are on your own for looking it up if you p…

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And Count Basie, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong too? Well there goes my iTunes collection!

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P.S. - I hope no one sings that old dog, 'crown him with many crowns'.
What's wrong with that hymn?

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USCCB Document:
Liturgical Song (SacCar, no.42)
Liturgical song has a preeminent place in the ars celebrandi, for not only is it a means of active p

Thanked by 1Eric D. Williams
I believe that the ICEL chants exist just for this sort of situation -- they are simple, need no accompaniment, and the melodies are relatively widely known. Also, you will not need to pay any royalt…

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Our parish is named after one of the North American Martyrs. Perhaps this little fact will trigger another suggestion.
"Martyr Choir" could be appropriate on a number of levels...doe…

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To make things less complicated, the assignments of some collections to certain seasons is fairly arbitrary, so feel free to follow them slavishly, nod to them, or if appropriate, ignore them complet…

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Here is my procedure:

1. First, I check to see if the one inquiring has a pulse.
2. Next, I see if they can phonate.
3. If they pass both tests, I usually invite them to …

Thanked by 1Jeffrey Quick
Heard at a wedding yesterday: "A reading from Paint Saul to the Ephessy-ens."

Thanked by 1Casavant Organist
Nice to see a positive review of a Rae Whitney text, after the beating "My Elder Son" took yesterday.
I read this a little too quickly and my eyes did not process the quotation marks…

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It was suppressed after Spain was recovered from the Moors, but revived in the Tridentine period just in Toledo. I suppose the question is how closely does the current repertoire resemble the preserv…

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Ditto what Andrew said. I like Carl's idea too, but it might not work if you are struggling in terms of numbers. Some more thoughts about this:

I try to catch this problem before …

Thanked by 1Abbysmum
Here are some successful ways we introduced changes when we went through a series of big ones (just before the new translation):

1) Concise announcements before Mass (read by myself or…

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Links I've found on previous posts.

http://www.musicasacra.com/forum/uploads/2009/04/DivineMercy-H.pdf

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I have been using this for the past couple weeks very successfully (through Chrome, both in OSX and Linux). I love the very professional look of the resulting score. Play Score works fine for me, alt…

Thanked by 1AnthonyFok
With due regard for the primacy of the pipe organ, my parish is one example where a digital organ can serve an important role. The church was built in the 80s, and it is a typical half-round modern c…

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